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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 10:51 PM
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Thanks for the help guys
 
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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 10:55 PM
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Bummer. My money was on that as a fix.

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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 10:56 PM
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Me too, but I will try on a different computer in the morning.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 06:27 AM
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1. Have you tried different USB ports?
2. Tried a different USB cable?
 
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 06:47 AM
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Different ports, yes. Different cable, no.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 06:50 AM
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Did you put your box code in the PCM list?
 
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 06:57 AM
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Did you put your box code in the PCM list?
No, I don't think so. I saw in one of the menu options where I could select box/hex codes, and I did go down to vdh2, but nothing showed up and there was no change. Is that what you mean? Other than that, I can't see any calibrations.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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Called after lunch and spoke with customer support. We Couldn't do much because I was at work, but he's going to call me back this evening and see if we can get it straight. He did say that sometimes people get bad USB cables so I'll buy a new one just in case.

Yes, I called and spoke with a real person...
 
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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Got it working. The USB cable was not any good. A new cable worked like a charm.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 06:17 PM
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Got it working. The USB cable was not any good. A new cable worked like a charm.
Sweet I was right!! :-). Glad you got it going.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2013 | 11:51 AM
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Ok one more question. Everything is installed and I went out and changed some positions around while it was in the truck. Worked great. The question is, there's a button on the side of hydra flash that says "read ECU" or something to that effect. It wouldn't let me click on, probably because the key was nowhere near that ignition.

What is that about? Is that supposed to just read the stock calibration? Is it for pulling codes? (Don't think that is advertised a capability).
 
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Old Aug 25, 2013 | 09:06 AM
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Ok one more question. Everything is installed and I went out and changed some positions around while it was in the truck. Worked great. The question is, there's a button on the side of hydra flash that says "read ECU" or something to that effect. It wouldn't let me click on, probably because the key was nowhere near that ignition.

What is that about? Is that supposed to just read the stock calibration? Is it for pulling codes? (Don't think that is advertised a capability).
It is advertised. Key has to be in ...I did it. It gives you a code I guess it is stock calibration but not sure.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2013 | 10:11 AM
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Ok, so not really anything special other than you don't have to pop the hood if you forget the code...
 
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